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US to ease travel curbs for fully vaccinated foreign visitors
People who are not US citizens and who plan to travel to the the country will have to provide proof that they are fully vaccinated and a negative test result taken within three days of departure as they board a US-bound flight, Jeff Zients, the White House Covid-19 response coordinator, said during a press briefing on Monday.
6,35,000 people displaced in Afghanistan this year: UN
The world organisation and its partners have reached 8 million people in the first half of 2021, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a release. Some 1,300 displaced people in Kabul are about to receive aid, Xinhua news agency reported. The office said the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration handed out relief to more than 9,300 people displaced by the violence in Kunar Province.
UK PM says COP26 'turning point' for world
"I think the Glasgow COP26 is a turning point for the world. And it's the moment when we have to grow up and take our responsibilities," Johnson told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York following the closing of the Informal Leaders Roundtable on Climate Action, Xinhua news agency reported.
US Covid-19 fatalities surpass 1918 flu estimates
As of Monday evening, 675,446 Americans were killed due to Covid-19, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The total Covid-19 cases in the country were over 42 million. The fatalities are expected to continue to rise as the country is currently experiencing another wave of new infections, fueled by the fast-spreading Delta variant.
Afghan central bank allows merchants to withdraw $25,000 monthly
Following the latest decision and announcement of DAB, the Afghan entrepreneurs could receive $25,000 or its afghani equivalent once in a month from their accounts from all banks across Afghanistan, Xinhua news agency quoted TOLO News as saying on Monday.
Chinese attempts to alter status quo in Ladakh shaken peace in border areas: Foreign Secy
An essential basis for the largely positive trajectory of India-China relations during the last 40 years has been the agreement between the two countries to ensure peace and tranquility in the border areas, he further said. Speaking at the 6th J.P. Morgan 'India Investor Summit', he said, "India made it clear to the Chinese side that peace and tranquility in border areas was essential for development of our relationship." "Development of India-China relationship can only be based on 'three mutuals'- mutual respect, mutual sensitivity and mutual interests", Shringla added.
Perm varsity shooting: All Indian students safe, says embassy
"Shocked at horrific attack at Perm State University in Russia; our deep condolences for loss of life and best wishes for early recovery of those injured. Embassy is in touch with local authorities and the representatives of Indian students. All Indian students at Perm State Medical University are safe," the Embassy said.
Refugees may pose Pakistan's biggest problem
This may momentarily divert attention from the Covid-19 pandemic and economic misery. But contributing to and compounding them is the growing number of refugees coming in, which neither the Pakistani security forces nor the incomplete border fencing can effectively control. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, visiting Islamabad last week urged Pakistan to take in more refugees. But Pakistan, even as the influx soared last month, said that it simply does not have the capacity to take more.
China to provide unconditional aid to Afghanistan
The Chinese ambassador met the acting minister of refugees and repatriates, Khaliluranman Haqqani, and said that Chinese assistance will arrive by winter this year, Khaama News reported. As per the statement of the ministry, China will provide the people of Afghanistan with $15 million in humanitarian aid and one million doses of Covid vaccine. Earlier, Yu along with the Pakistani ambassador to Kabul, Mansoor Ahmad Khan, was the first foreign envoy who met the acting foreign minister of Afghanistan after the Taliban declared their interim cabinet.
Taliban ask US to take responsibility for past killings
"This is not the only incident that the US has committed. For 20 years they have martyred civilians in Afghanistan," Zabihullah Mujahid, deputy minister of culture and information of the Taliban's interim government, told the China Media Group. Condemning the acts as "a violation of human rights", he stressed that such carelessness leads to a humanitarian catastrophe.
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